if you are looking solely at road taxes perhaps. What about pollution though? What about the consequences of reliance on a scarce and mostly imported resource? What about the wilderness areas that are going down the drain so people can drive these things?
In all fairness I have to mention that my Jeep Cherokee is an SUV, strictly speaking. My excuse is that I drive one of the small ones -- the Sport model not the Grand -- and I do sometimes get onto roads that require the clearance. Dana On 11/27/05, Nick McClure <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Well, considering they have to buy gas more often, did don't they > already. > > If you get the numbers out, the issue is on pounds per square inch. A > full size SUV like the Excursion has a larger tire so its weight is > spread out more than a smaller car like a corolla. > > The amount of wear on the road is determined based on factors like that. > In general because the SUV purchases more gas, it makes up for any more > damage it does. > > There were some numbers I posted to this list several months ago that > showed that some smaller cars, including hybrids actually put more > weight per square inch on the road than s vehicle like the Ford > Explorer. > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Dana [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Sunday, November 27, 2005 7:02 PM > > To: CF-Community > > Subject: Re: Higher Taxes for Hybrids > > > > if that's the standard then don't you think unnecessarily big > > behemoths should pay more taxes? > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Purchase Studio MX from House of Fusion, a Macromedia Authorized Affiliate and support the CF community. http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=50 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:184192 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
